Tutorials, Tips and Demos

In this tutorial, learn how to control and edit the various scene transitions used by Corona’s Composer library. In addition, discover how to create new transition effects via some basic Lua table entries.

Starting with Daily Build #2520, some new functions have been introduced to control and adapt native input fields/boxes to specific font sizes or field heights. These additions will help in the development of user interfaces for cross-platform apps. Read further to learn how these features may impact your current development.

Welcome to the latest installment of From the Forum. In this series, guest blogger Alex Jackson highlights outstanding threads from the Corona Forum. The goal is to bring attention to the most captivating, interesting, and thought-provoking discussions taking place in our very own backyard.

If you develop a mobile app user interface where native text input objects exist in the lower half of the screen, those objects are prone to being covered by the device’s keyboard. In this tutorial, we’ll explore a simple method to prevent this.

URLs must be properly encoded before they are used as part of network requests. Web browsers encode URLs automatically, but within apps, certain values must be converted for safe transport across the Internet. In this tutorial, we discuss URL encoding and explore a simple automation function.

In game design, a common aspect is object spawning, whether it be spawning a variable number of items and placing them randomly about the screen, or spawning items repeatedly on a timer increment. In this tutorial, we’ll step through a module with some common features related to spawning.

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Mobile Apps for Early Childhood Education

To build early childhood education apps, Redbytes Software founded tinytapps in 2011. Using Corona SDK, tinytapps has created over 45 apps that have enjoyed more than 500,000 downloads in Apple's App Store.

NuOffer: Digitizing the Real Estate Industry

NuOffer is a mobile app that brings negotiating and fulfilling real estate transactions into the 21st century. Built with Corona Enterprise, NuOffer connects buyers, sellers and agents to move faster, sell more, and make fewer mistakes in the process.

Fire Maple Games: An Indie Success Story

Joe Kauffman started Fire Maple Games in 2008 to create casual games for mobile. His latest titles, The Secret of Grisly Manor and The Lost City, have received 7M+ downloads, reaching #1 in paid apps in the App Store.